DNOW (DNOW) Competitors

Century Aluminum (NASDAQ:CENX) and DNOW (NYSE:DNOW) are both small-cap industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in CENX or DNOW?

61.6% of Century Aluminum shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.6% of DNOW shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Century Aluminum shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of DNOW shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer CENX or DNOW?

In the previous week, Century Aluminum had 11 more articles in the media than DNOW. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Century Aluminum and 1 mentions for DNOW. DNOW's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat Century Aluminum's score of 0.33 indicating that Century Aluminum is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Century Aluminum	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
DNOW	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CENX or DNOW?

Century Aluminum received 53 more outperform votes than DNOW when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 52.77% of users gave DNOW an outperform vote while only 51.14% of users gave Century Aluminum an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Century Aluminum	Outperform Votes 358 51.14%	Underperform Votes 342 48.86%
DNOW	Outperform Votes 305 52.77%	Underperform Votes 273 47.23%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, CENX or DNOW?

DNOW has higher revenue and earnings than Century Aluminum. Century Aluminum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than DNOW, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Century Aluminum	$2.19B	0.76	-$43.10M	-$0.50	-35.78
DNOW	$2.32B	0.69	$247M	$2.26	6.48

Do analysts rate CENX or DNOW?

Century Aluminum presently has a consensus target price of $10.67, indicating a potential downside of 40.38%. DNOW has a consensus target price of $17.00, indicating a potential upside of 16.04%. Given Century Aluminum's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe DNOW is more favorable than Century Aluminum.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Century Aluminum	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
DNOW	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is CENX or DNOW more profitable?

DNOW has a net margin of 10.64% compared to DNOW's net margin of -2.05%. Century Aluminum's return on equity of 11.60% beat DNOW's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Century Aluminum	-2.05%	5.18%	1.15%
DNOW	10.64%	11.60%	7.57%

Which has more volatility and risk, CENX or DNOW?

Century Aluminum has a beta of 2.71, meaning that its share price is 171% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DNOW has a beta of 1.48, meaning that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

DNOW beats Century Aluminum on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.